| Author (Corporate) | Deutsche Welle |
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| Series Title | Article |
| Series Details | 08.05.15 |
| Publication Date | 08/05/2015 |
| Content Type | News |
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On 13 May 2015 the European Commission was due to set to adopt the European Agenda on Migration, putting forward the key principles and actions in this area for 2015-2020. Announced from the outset as one of the ten political priorities of President Jean-Claude Juncker, this Agenda would offer an ambitious and comprehensive plan to manage migration better, both in the immediate term as well as in the long run. The four pillars of this common approach would be a strong common asylum policy, the fight against trafficking and the prevention of irregular migration, managing external borders, and a new policy on legal migration. Various news sources reported on the 8 May that as part of this agenda the European Commission was likely to introduce a quota system to distribute migrants across its member states. But some countries like Hungary, Slovakia and Estonia had already begun rejecting the scheme. The European Commission made clear on the 12 May 2015 that Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom had opt-out arrangements which meant they could not be forced to participate in any quota system. |
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| Source Link | http://dw.de/p/1FN4Q |
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| Subject Categories | Justice and Home Affairs |
| Countries / Regions | Austria, Denmark, Estonia, Europe, Hungary, Ireland, Slovakia, United Kingdom |
